diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml b/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
index 1dfe912768d..c2000a64a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-chromadb.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Client
         run: python -m build
       - name: Test Client Package
-        run: bin/test-package.sh dist/*.tar.gz
+        run: bin/test-package/test-package.sh dist/*.tar.gz
       - name: Upload as artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Client
         run: ./clients/python/build_python_thin_client.sh
       - name: Test Client Package
-        run: bin/test-package.sh dist/*.tar.gz
+        run: bin/test-package/test-thin-client-package.sh dist/*.tar.gz
       - name: Install setuptools_scm
         run: python -m pip install setuptools_scm
       - name: Publish to Test PyPI
diff --git a/bin/test-package.sh b/bin/test-package.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e1be700b43a..00000000000
--- a/bin/test-package.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Verify PIP tarball
-tarball=$(readlink -f $1)
-if [ -f "$tarball" ]; then
-    echo "Testing PIP package from tarball: $tarball"
-else
-    echo "Could not find PIP package: $tarball"
-fi
-
-# Create temporary project dir
-dir=$(mktemp -d)
-
-echo "Building python project dir at $dir ..."
-
-cd $dir
-
-python3 -m venv venv
-
-source venv/bin/activate
-
-pip install $tarball
-
-python -c "import chromadb; api = chromadb.Client(); print(api.heartbeat())"
diff --git a/bin/test-package/install.sh b/bin/test-package/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3b725cf94f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test-package/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+pip_install_from_tarball() {
+    local tarball=$(readlink -f $1)
+    if [ -f "$tarball" ]; then
+        echo "Testing PIP package from tarball: $tarball"
+    else
+        echo "Could not find PIP package: $tarball"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Create temporary project dir
+    local dir=$(mktemp -d)
+
+    echo "Building python project dir at $dir ..."
+
+    cd $dir
+
+    python3 -m venv venv
+
+    source venv/bin/activate
+
+    pip install $tarball
+}
diff --git a/bin/test-package/test-package.sh b/bin/test-package/test-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..03e9a8a6c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test-package/test-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Sanity check to ensure package is installed correctly
+
+source ./install.sh
+
+pip_install_from_tarball $1
+
+python -c "import chromadb; api = chromadb.Client(); print(api.heartbeat())"
diff --git a/bin/test-package/test-thin-client-package.sh b/bin/test-package/test-thin-client-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..1d5214760ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/test-package/test-thin-client-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Sanity check to ensure package is installed correctly
+
+source ./install.sh
+
+pip_install_from_tarball $1
+
+python -c "import chromadb; print(chromadb.__version__)"